Overview
- Japanese media report Tokyo sent senior diplomat Masaaki Kanai to Beijing to affirm no change in Taiwan policy, though the Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the trip and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has not retracted her warning.
- Beijing intensified its response with a travel advisory, a threat of a "devastating" defeat if Japan intervenes, a summons of Japan’s ambassador, and harsh editorials in state media.
- Japan’s Defense Ministry mobilized the Air Self‑Defense Force after a suspected Chinese drone flew near Yonaguni and Taiwan without entering Japanese or Taiwanese airspace.
- Tensions at sea rose as China said its coastguard patrolled waters near the Japan‑controlled Senkaku Islands, a long‑running flashpoint in bilateral relations.
- Chinese travel warnings pressured Japanese tourism and retail stocks, with Shiseido and Ryohin Keikaku each down about 11% and Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways falling roughly 6% and 4%.